On September 26, 2003, David Hoch filed a complaint
against the Prairie Island Dakota Community (#3766) and its designated
lobbyist, John Knapp (#5841).

Mr.
Hoch alleged that Mr. Knapp failed to disclose lobbying expenditures made by
the association on his Lobbyist Disbursement Reports for the periods covering
January 1, 2003, through March 31, 2003, and April 1, 2003, through June 30,
2003.Specifically, Mr. Hoch alleged
that Mr. Knapp failed to disclose expenditures for the construction and
maintenance of the www.highstakesmn.org
web site.

By
letter dated September 29, 2003, Mr. Knapp was notified of the complaint and
offered an opportunity to respond.On
October 14, 2003, Michael Hatting, attorney, responded on behalf of Mr. Knapp
and the Prairie Island Dakota Community. Mr. Hatting submitted amended Lobbyist Disbursement Reports for
the periods covering January 1, 2002, through March 31, 2002, January 1, 2003,
through March 31, 2003, and April 1, 2003, through June 30, 2003.These reports disclosed additional
disbursements totaling $36,450 that were not disclosed on the reports
originally filed with the Board.Mr.
Hatting stated that a third party made the lobbying expenditures and that "Mr.
Knapp reported all lobbying expenditures of which he was aware of at the time he
filed his reports."

Mr.
Hatting further stated, "these amended reports are the result of a search we
conducted to determine if Community lobbying expenditures had not been
reported.We will make every effort to
engage in this type of search prior to the filing of future reports in order to
avoid this type of oversight from occurring again."

The
matter was considered by the Board in executive session on October 22,
2003.The Board's decision was based
upon the complaint, the response, and Board records.

Based on the record before
it, the Board issues the following:

EVIDENTIARY FINDINGS

Minn. Rules 4511.0100,
subp. 4, defines "lobbyist's disbursements" as "all disbursements for
lobbying made by the lobbyist, the lobbyist's employer or employee, or any
person or association represented by the lobbyist, but do not include
compensation paid to the lobbyist."

Minn. Stat. 10A.04, subd. 3, requires that an association about whose
activities a lobbyist is required to report must provide the information
required to the designated lobbyist no later than five days before the
prescribed filing date.

Upon notification of
the complaint, Mr. Knapp acquired information on disbursements made by the
Prairie Island Dakota Community and amended his Lobbyist Disbursement
Reports for the periods covering January 1, 2002, through March 31, 2002,
January 1, 2003, through March 31, 2003, and April 1, 2003, through June
30, 2003, to disclose an additional $36,450 in lobbying disbursements.

There is no evidence
that Mr. Knapp knowingly omitted these disbursements from his Lobbyist
Disbursement Reports for the periods covering January 1, 2002, through
March 31, 2002, January 1, 2003, through March 31, 2003, and April 1,
2003, through June 30, 2003.Mr.
Knapp amended his reports within ten days of becoming aware of the need to
amend.

Based on the above Statement of the Evidence, the Board makes the
following:

CONCLUSIONS CONCERNING PROBABLE
CAUSE

1.There
is no probable cause to believe that the reporting violations alleged in the
complaint continue to exist.When Mr.
Knapp's Lobbyist Disbursement Reports for the periods covering January 1, 2002,
through March 31, 2002, January 1, 2003, through March 31, 2003, and April 1,
2003, through June 30, 2003, were filed with the Board they failed to include
all lobbying disbursements made by the Prairie Island Dakota Community.Mr. Knapp amended his Lobbyist Disbursement
Reports for the periods covering January 1, 2002, through March 31, 2002,
January 1, 2003, through March 31, 2003, and April 1, 2003, through June 30,
2003, within ten days of receiving the Board's inquiry regarding the
complaint.

2.There
is no probable cause to believe that Mr. Knapp knowingly omitted the
information regarding the lobbying disbursements from his Lobbyist Disbursement
Report.

3.There is probable cause to
believe that the Prairie Island Dakota Community violated Minn. Stat. 10A.04,
subd. 3, by failing to timely provide the association's designated lobbyist
with required information.Minnesota
Statutes, Chapter 10A provides no penalty for this violation.

Based on the above Findings, the Board issues the following:

ORDER

1.The Board
directs that in the future the Prairie Island Dakota Community provide
information on all lobbying disbursements to their designated lobbyist at least
five days prior to the prescribed filing date of a Lobbyist Disbursement
Report.

2.The
complaint regarding the intentional omission of information from the report is
dismissed.

3.The
reporting violations alleged in the complaint having been resolved, this matter
is concluded.

4.The record in this matter and all correspondence is hereby entered
into public record in accordance with Minn. Stat. 10A.02, subd. 11.Board staff shall provide copies of these
Findings to Michael Hatting, John Knapp, and David Hoch.